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With the latest nvidia driver you have the option of looking at the temperature of the GPU. IIRC you can leave it running to get a nice graph.

I had a 6600GT but I seemed to have fried it's memory. If that's the case you would also see artifacts and random screen corruption in 2D too (even in the BIOS screens). Blinking polygones in 3D applications and normal picture in 2D usually indicates an overheated GPU.

You could have a look around for a replacement fan. I replaced a fan once on an ATI 7600 with a passive heatpipe. Worked like a charm.

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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

With the latest nvidia driver you have the option of looking at the temperature of the GPU. IIRC you can leave it running to get a nice graph.

I had a 6600GT but I seemed to have fried it's memory. If that's the case you would also see artifacts and random screen corruption in 2D too (even in the BIOS screens). Blinking polygones in 3D applications and normal picture in 2D usually indicates an overheated GPU.

You could have a look around for a replacement fan. I replaced a fan once on an ATI 7600 with a passive heatpipe. Worked like a charm.

I added thermal paste, got rid of the dust, reseated the thing and still have the same issue. I am getting the gpu temp thing now.